381 F. App'x 339 - Simmons v. Epps’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Slack v. McDaniel · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Williams v. Taylor · Chambers v. Mississippi
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“I guess it’s a real mess, isn’t it? It wasn’t supposed to go like that .... Things got pressing in. I was in a bind three or four different ways. To my way of thinking, I didn’t have much of a choice. I mean, I’d already taken his money. There’s no excuses. It’s hard sitting here doing this, knowing under what conditions you’ll probably be watching it. I’m so dreadfully sorry. I didn’t think about it until after it was done. And then it couldn’t be undone. There was nothing in the world I could do to make it undone. And I would have. Oh, God, I would have. You never realize how close you are to the edge until you actually step over it. I don’t know how it happened, I really don’t. And after it had happened, I would have gave anything to take it back, even my life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simmons v. Epps“(1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Simmons v. Epps
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